Planning: Audience Feedback

I then showed my Animatic to a range of people in my target audience. I asked them a few questions on how they felt about my plan for my music video. By getting feedback from my target audience, I could change parts of my music video to make it more appealing. By asking multiple people, I could also see what the majority of people expect from a music video and try to include that in my production.

One person said that "Your music video captures the meaning of the song well. However, for the performance shots to be effective, you must make sure my actors are good, as it will need to seem believable". To overcome this, I will ensure my actor auditions are thorough, to make sure I select the right person. I will ask the candidates to film a 30 second audition, of them lip-syncing to my chosen song. This will allow me to assess their suitability to use in my final piece.

Another person said "I like the concept of your video. However, I think it will be very difficult to get the correct lighting without professional equipment." Therefore, I will have to carefully plan how I am going to get the right level of lighting. For the narrative shots, I will most likely use natural lighting as they are set outside. However, the performance shots will be harder to get the right exposure as they are set inside.

Planning: Storyboarding and Animatic

To help the planning for my music video, I created an Animatic. This involved me planning what my finished production will look like. The way I did this was by first writing the lyrics to my chosen song out on a long strip of paper. I then got multiple cards and created quick sketches of each shot I imagined. I also included a note on each card on what will happen in that shot, any camera movements, and the time stamp at when it will play. I then organised the cards alongside the strip of paper, into a timeline.

 When I finished this, I scanned each card and imported them to Premiere Pro, along with an MP3 file of my chosen song. I then used Premiere Pro to edit together an animatic, which involved my sketches in a slideshow alongside my chosen song, cutting in sync with the beat of the song. This gives a rough idea on what my final production will look like.

Here are some of my sketches, along with the MP3 file, I scanned and imported to my computer.

I then imported the files into Premiere Pro, ready for me to edit together.

Next, I ordered the sketches into a sequence. I synchronised the cuts to the beat of the song. Because I made a note of the timestamp at which each shot would start when creating the cards, I found this process was quick.



Here is my finished animatic:

Not only did creating an animatic give me a better visualisation of what my final production would look like, but it gave me more practise in using Premiere Pro. It reminded me on how to import and organise clips into a Premiere Pro sequence.  I also gained practise in cutting to the beat of the song, and how much more comfortable it feels when watching it.

Planning: Edit Practise

Here is a video that I created on Adobe Premiere Pro. The reason for this was to remind me on how to edit. By doing this, I remembered the different features and effects that Adobe Premiere Pro offers when editing. I found a lot of features that will be useful when I come to edit my final video.